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"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

A man may be a bad egg, but he's
| all right till he gets "broke. ."-Dakota
| Blizzard.
When does lady treat man like
a telescope? When she draws him out.
looks him through and then shuts him
up. -Erchange.
There is a great difference between
musket and domestic. A musket,
for instance, never kicks till it goes off.
YonkerS Statesman.
A swimming school in Frankfort.
on-the-Main announces in English:
swimming instructions given by
teacher of both sexes.
The barber who slicks up our hair,
and the chiropodist who remodcls our
feet, both should be called DESTINY"
for that is what "shapes our ends
My son, look out for these "disin.
terested" people. They are. most OF
them, very much interested even when
"disinterested. st. Adams MeSSen-
ger.
In the wilds of Borneo the thirsty
cannibal throws a knife. sticks man
and drinks blood; in Boston the thirsty
tramp throws dice, sticks his friend
and drinks beer. -Harrard Lamp0on.
The Slippery Walks of Life
He slipped on the banana peel
And o! what followed after!
He peeled his head-he peeled his shin,
And there were peals OF laughter.
-1erds Siftings.
You want to know the derivation
of the word gumption, do you, Eula-
liza? Very well; it is derived from gum
and shun, and girl who has gump-
ton is one who shuns gum. Chew see'
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
School Teacher illustrating the
difference between plants and animals)
-"Plants are not susceptible of at
tachmcnt to man as animals are"
Small Boy Cat foot of class)-"How
about burrs, teacher?" Burlington
Free Press.
Your papa and mamma know
what's best for you, Bobby" said his
mother, "don't tease me any more"
Bobby lay down on the rug and rolled
over once or twice. Then he said from
his recumbent position: INA. do you
know feel like being an orphan. y
N Y Sun.
"A Georgetown couple were play
fully "cutting up" the other evening.
The gentleman made threatening
gesture toward his wife, when his four
year-old hopeful spreadeagled out into
the middle of the floor, shouting, Get
behind me, mamma; get behind me"
Washington Critic.
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SANGUINARY FIGHT.
Two White and Six Colored Men
Killed.
Several Other White Men Dangerously
Wounded.

GlRARD, La, June 27.-A riot occurred a,
YAK Ridge this morning, about ) 80 O'Clock,
IN which one white man and six negroes
were killed, and several white men dan
gerously wounded. Parties arriving here
to-day give the following particulars of
The affair: Yesterday evening negro man
lvlng in the vicinity of Oak Ridge indie
Gently assaulted a white girl. He was ar
rested about Tp. m, and when the deputies
were taking him to the calaboose they
were fired upon by Jerry Baldwin (col-
ored), his two sons and three other ne
groes, wounding Deputies Baker and
Gardner. The negroes then dispersed and
later rendezyoused at negro cabin two
miles from town. On learning their
whereabouts the officers went to arrest
lhem. On approaching the cabin they
were fired upon, and one of their number,
G. W. Higginbothafn, was instantly
killed, and Constables John Conger,
Gardner and Baker dangerously wounded.
During the melee which followed, John
Baldwin and one of his sons and four other
negroes were killed. Great excitement
prevails at Oak Ridge and further trouble
is apprehended. Later-A courier lust ar.
rived from Oak Ridge reports every thing
quiet. Twenty men from Bastrop have
arrived there. Town Marshal John Con.
ger, who received eleven bullet wounds,
died at 3 O'clock to-day.
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New ORLEANS, June 26.-Onco every
week the musical band of the Continental
Guards gives a concert in Lafayette
square, Frank 7 Howard, generous and
wealthy citizen, paying the expenses.
On music nights the square is crowded
with women and children. Not to
be outdone, the manager of the tele.
phone company has fixed instruments over
the music platform, and when the band
plays he switches on his instrument, so
that the music is heard not only in hun
dreds Of city residences, but on planta-
tions up and down the river, and hundreda
of miles in the interior
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BABY FARMING.
horrible Case of 1t Unesrthed at Pitts
Durgh-Children Said to Belong to Arlsto-
cratic Parents.

Horrible Case of 1t Uneartbed at Pitts
burgh-Children Said to Belong to Arlsto-
cratic Parents.
PITTSBURGH, June 2S.-A case OF baby
farming in all its most horrible details, 50
1ar us can be judged from facts now
known, was unearthed to-day on the third
moor OF No. Alb Fifth avenue. Mrs, Maggie
STOUT rented two rooms over John Boehm s
saloon at the above number about three
months ago. From that time to the present
there have been from two to six children
IN the house. Two she claims as her
own. She kept very much to her
sen, and no suspicion was enter
laiheu until Thursday last, when DR..
w. f. Barclay was called in to attend a
sick child. The child was dead when the
physician arrived. DR.. Barclays atten-
tloh was attracted by several other palid
lttle ones lying about the rooms gasping
IN the stliling atmosphere. Mrs. Stout re-
FUSED to answer the physicians questions
as TO where the children came from. On
SUNDAY last Mrs, Stout again called in the
physician. Another child was beyond his
Skill and died before he left the room.
The health officer was notified and, to-
gether with the Humane Society. is now
investigating the matter. Mrs. Stout
admits that the children belonged to
the daughters of aristocratic fam
Ines OF this city, and said that the chill.
uren's parents were glad that they were
dead, and would pay the funeral expenses.
There is another child in the house that
the physician states has been druggod,
and can not live much longer. 1t is also
known that a baby was removed from the
house during Sunday night, but where or
by whom no one seems to know. The
matter has created sensation, and will
be thoroughly investigated.
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RAILWAY TICKET FORGERS.
An ostensible Barber Shop the Scene
of Extensive Operations.
ingenious Manipulations, from Which
Large Sums Were Realized by sextet
of Chicagoans.

CHICAGO, June 2i.-It was novor sro
pec'ed before February last that the
basement of l23 South Clark street was
other than what it appeared TO be-a bar.
Der shop. A round-faccd young man bv
the name OF Stout was established there
with Judiclous assortment of barber,s
paraphernalia. In with him were
Frank Layheld, Henry Butler, Joseph
heed, Albert Reeves and Louis
stern They were not BARRIERS, how
ever. Mr., Stout attended to the ton
sorlal demands. An industry termed
"scalping," not in any wise connected
with Mr.. Stouts art, was carried ON nv the
others. The difference between both oper.
ations-Mr, Stouts method of scaping and
that followed by the others-is SO consid
cradle that the entire party found them.
selves on trial before Judge Baker this
morning with five ugly charges against
them, and a prosecution uncommonlv yigr
orous, for forging railway tickets. For
Three years they carried on the traffic un-
der the shadow Of police headquarters.
ana 1t appears that not one detective at the
central Station knew that within stones
throw OF that place We're located band of
railway ticket forgers, possibly the most
expert in the county. The Pennsylvania
company became aware of it first. But
their knowledge was mcagcr. All they
knew was that the general office was be-
coming Hooded with tickets. The greater
part OF these were bogus, but so cleverly
were they gotten up that at times the
agents of the company could not
tell which was good ticket and
which was bogus one. The case
was given to a detective agency to
work up. One day farmer presented to
a conductor on the road ticket his dest-
nation being Fort Wayne. Close scru-
tiny showed the ticket to have been
raised" Originally il was suburban
ticket and worth possibly twenty-five
cents. The forgers, by means of colored
ink and mechanical stamps, worked it up
so that it sold for s., and the farmer said
he purchased it at 1913 South Clark street.
day or two later the place was raided.
The detectives were astonishcd at the
hnd. One of their schemes was TO take
an old tcket-say one that was two
years old - fill in the punch mark,
stamp in n new destinations apply
an acid wash to give the paper a fresh
look, then 90 over it with color pencil,
and the work would deceive any expert.
In this way they could take "A ticket worth
ten cents and make it worth fifteen dol
lars. They got to making so much money
that they opened branch Office at West
Madison street. Butler had charge of this
Office, and Layfeld was the outside man.
These two have confessed, and will turn
States evidence. One estimate is to the
effect that the scalpers sold an average of
$4,000 worth of bogus tickets Il year for
the last three years.
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New York, June 26 26-CommssiOner Of
Emigration Stephenson held twenty five
French immigrants who arrived at Castle
Garden to-day from the steamer
La Gascogne under the imported
labor contract law. They were
Weavers and silk manufacturers,
and the commissioner alleges that they
entered into contract at Lyons with the
agent of a New Jersey manufacturer to
come to this country and work in his
mills. Mr. Stephenson says he will do his
best to break up the practice of importing
foreign labor into this country at starva.
tion wages and TO the detrimcnt of old
hands
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
PERNIClOUS READING.



voured by Many Girls.
That which the working class lads
read is generally of the lowest ard
most vicious character; that which
their sisters read is in no way superior.
The boy takes in the penny dreadful,
the girl secures the penny novelette,,
which is equally deserving of the adj
jective. Because the influence of these
love and murder connections among
girls is not so apparent to the public
eye as the influence of the burglar and
bushranging fiction among boys, il
must not be supposed that influence is
less real. 1t is, in fact, in many ways
not only more real, but more painful.
Boys may be driven TO sea or to break
into houses by the stories they read;
their actions are at once recorded in
the columns Of the daily papers.
With girls the injury is more invid-
ious and subtle. 1t is almost eXclu-
sively domestic. We do not often see
an account of a girl committing any
very serious fault through her reading.
But let us 20 into the houses of the
poor and try to discover what the ef-
feet on the maiden mind. of the trash
which maidens buy. If we We're to
trace the matter to its source we
should probably find that the
high-hown conceits and prctensions of
the poorer girls of the period, their dis
like of manual work and love of free
dom, spring largely from notions inn
bibed in the course of n perusal Of
their penny iictions. Their con-
duct toward their friends, their
parents, their husbands, their EN-
ployers, is colored by what they gather.
They obtain distorted views of life, and
the bad influence of these works on
themselves is handed down to their
children and scattered broadcast
throughout the family. There is hard
ly magazine read by them which it
would not be moral benefit to have
swept off the face of the earth. 1t
would be well for philanthropists to
bear this fact in mind.
There is wide and splendid field for
the display of humanizing and elevat-
ing literature among girls. Such a
literature ought not to be beyond our
reach. Girls can hardly be much
blamed for reading the hideous nom
sense they do. when so little that is in-
teresting and stirring in plot. and
bright and suggestive in character, is
to be had. Nineteenth CenturU.
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a Slim Diet.

KANSAS CRY, June 26-John Coleman,
aged thirty-seven, an inmate of the Law
renee (kas) County poor farm, went to
pea ON the 3d of the present month, and
mas not eaten since. He claims that the
spirit OF Daniel O'Connell has taken pos.
session OF his body and advised him never
to partakc of food again, During the first
days of his fast he drank about quart Of
water daily, but of late gill has beon
sufficient, Since commencing his fast he
has become very attenuated, losing about
forty pounds in flesh, The most tempting
food has been offered him, but he refuses
all offers, and for two and three days at a
time keeps his door locked He is an Irish
man by birth, and was taken to the poor
farm last winter,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.


Mrs. Louisa Knapp edits ths
Ladies Home Journal at a salary Of five
thousand dollars a year.
If the natives of the Friendly
Islands suffer from spreading ulcera-
ton they have the limb cut off with
sharp shell.
1t is said that fully half of the
adult Italians landing in New York are
not taller than fairly grown boys OF
fifteen or sixteen.
Patti has a duplicate in paste of
every diamond she owns, and on the
stage half the diamonds she wears are
paste. This is done to guard against
robbery. !
Six widows, says the Pittsburgh
Post, live on adjoining farms in the
town of Venango, Pa, and, what is
more remarkable, they are all Hendcr-
sons, being the widows Of the late
Henderson brothers-Thomas, Samuel,
Andrew, Stewart, William and Alex
ander.
Congressman Bayne's wife has a
curious country house at Bellevue, u
few miles down the Ohio from Pitts
burgh. 1t is perfectly round in shape
and has some remarkably odd rooms.
A round hall in the center, following
closely the lines of the house, is lit by
Il skylight.
Major Ben: Perley Poore left all
his estate to his widow, with the under
standing that his valuable collection of
relies should 90 eventually to the Mas
sachusetts Historical Society. He died
comparatively poor, and his widow will
have but slender means at her disposal.
Chicago Tribune.
| Washington, says the Critic of that
city, contains at all times in the vast
population that gravitates here more
profound statesmen and philosophers,
more talent, cosmopolitan in its va
riety, more cranks, geniuses, black
mailers, bummers, strikers, reformers,
demagogues, humbugs, "jedges, ina
| jahs, "kurnels," than any place of its
size within the nations domains.
| Bismarck and Won Moltke were
tackled the other day by an autograph
fiend. Won Moltke wrote first, saying:
"Luge vergeht, Wahrheit besteht," J"
| which is translated thus: lilies pass
away, truth lives for aye" Bismarck
wrote after this four lines of German,
which have been put into English as
follows:
In yonder world full well know
Truth will at least the victory gain;
But 'gainst the lies told here below
A Marshal cen will fight in vain.
The younger female class of Chi
nese in San Francisco are adopting
American habits, costumes and relig-
ions. The Chinese maiden of the peri
cd bangs her hair, wears belts and
boots, and compromises the costume of
her Celestial congeners in every way
possible, except by discarding it out
right. The change has been brought
about by the association of young
girls with American children of their
own sex in Sunday and weekday
schools. San Francisco Chronicle.
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The Allen Statue.

WASHINGTON, June 2h-The marble
statue of Vim. Allen took its place in the
Capitol today, and rises majestically
above its neighbors. The figure is seven
feet high to give it the proper effect on a
pedestal, and, although in measurement
it is just the height of the Garfield statue,
near by, it looks much taller Aliens
lightness of build, which is faithfully
represented in the enigy, together with a
long, light overGoat assists the idea of
altitude. The famous old Democrat is de-
picted with his head erect and with n
scroll in one of his hands, The other hand
presses the lapel of his Prince Albert
coat, which is not huttOned.
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Echoes From Rowan Couptv

NASHVILLE, KY, June 27.-Persons who
arrived in this place just from Elliott
County state that the two Mannins whs
escaped from Morehead were arrested at
Martinsburg, but escaped by breaking
Jail on Friday. Saturday they crossed the
Ohio at Ashland. Andy Tolliver, who was
wounded in the fight at Morehead last
Wednesday, was arrested at his home
near Martins burg, but died al Eliottsville
on his way back under guard to Morehead
People from Moreboad this morning re-
port all ouiet
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02
Heat From Liquid Fuel.

Naphtha, which is burned in locomo,
tives in the Caucasus, yields ninety per
cent. Of its theoretic heating power.
while not more than sixty per cent. can
be realized from solid fuel. Petroleum
is now the sole combustible of ships in
the Caspian Sea. and only half as much
is required as was formerly used oi
coal. The maximum force obtainable
from coal is said to he only twc-ffths cs
that which petroleum may furnish, and
the railway experiments have shown
that a given weight Of naphthA will
take the place Of eight and half tneS
the weight Of wood. although the d.
oretival difference Is only a. three y
one. - hrkaasew Traveller.
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CAUGHT AT LAST.
The Murderers of Detective Hulligan PrIs-
Onprs.


CLEVELAND, O., June 2S.--At an early
hour this morning the following message
was received at the Central Police Station:
"AIpENA, MICH, June q.
Jacob Schmidt, Superintendent of Police:
Have got Morgan, Pat. Hanley and Bill Har.
rington Sheriff Lynch badly wounded, Tough.
we'll I T. Drrrov
Deputy Sheriff"
Morgan, Hanley and Harrington arc
three of the four robbers who rescued Nc
Mum, their leader, at Rayenna. o.,
while he was being brought here
from Pittsburgh by Captain Hochn
and Detective Hulligan. The fight
was desperate one, and Hulli-
gan was so badly injured that he died.
Sixteen thousand dollars reward was
offered for the capture of the gang, and
the police all over the country were re-
quested to keep a look out for the mur-
dcrers. Captain MclIannan is positive
that the right men have been captured,
and the necessary requsition papers will
be secured at once. The Captain is also
almost positive that one of the prisoners
is not Hanley, but Matthew Kennedy,
alias McMunn. 1t is his opinion that Hanlcy
has cut loose from the gang, and that
Kennedy and Morgan are travelling to.
gether.
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CARDINAL GIBBONS
AVIS Us sreacemaker and Stops Free Fight
among Lot of Baseball pt,vsrs

BALTIMORE, June 26.-Cardinal Gibbon.
was al 81 Agnes Church, on the Freder.
icN road near Mount De Sales, to-day, and
Tounfmed W, class of seventy-two persons.
iie uroVe out from Baltimore in his car.
i'asc' on his way to st. Agnes the Cardi.
n"is attention was drawn to a number of
boys, ranging from ten to sixteen wears of
ase' III a waste field indulging in free
,'sn'' tne outcome of game of base
palL The Cardinal told the driver to
stop' and alighting from his carriage has
tened to where the melee was going on
ABOUT one hundred yards from the road.
Side' and before any of the boys noticed bo
was IN their midst, separating the com.
pa'ahts and acting the part of peacemaker
all around. He soon had the bows ouieted
ana read them a lecture about tdesecratinp
'ne sabbath, The Cardinal then walked
slowly back to his carriage, having re-
entered which, one of the boys proposed
Ihree cheers for His Eminence. which
were given with will, and the Prelate
smilingly drove on.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02

EVANSVILLE, IND, June GA fatal
shooting aifray occurred near DeKoven,
Union County, Ky, this morning, between
w. l. Hart and j, c. Pickett, prominent
farmers. 1t seems that Pickett, a married
man, attempted to abduct one of Hart's
daughters, which caused quarrel. Pick
cit leaped into buggy with the girl and
attempted to drive away, but was shot by
Hart Pickett was not killed, and drove
away, pursued by Hart, and being closely
pressed he left the girl and buggy and
took to the woods, but soon fell from ex-
haustion, caused by the loss of blood. He
was found later and conveyed to the house
of aneighbor where he now lies ina dying
condition.
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A TEXAS TORNADO.
Dreadful Work of the Wind In u Remot q
settlement,

LoNGvIEw, Ten, June 2S.-Onc of tho
most destructive storms ever known oc-
Cured Sunday night twenty miles below
here, and carried death and destruction in
its course. At New Prospect, neigborng
town twenty miles south of here, five men
were killed outright. At Fairplay, small
hamlet, one woman and two children were
killed, having taken shelter in an old
house on which tall tree fell, crushing
them. In the track Of this tornado moth
ing was left. The country is thinly set
tied, which accounts for the few lives
lost. As there is no telegraphic communi-
ton but little can be learned at this time.
A heavy wind and rain-storm is raging
now.
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Ovid's Tomb Discovered.

LONDON, June 27.--It is announced that
Ovid's tomb has been discovered. Tho To-
cation is at Anadolkioi, near Kustendani
The ston, marking the tomb represents
Ovid's arrival at the Island of Toni, when
he was banshed thithcr by Augustus, A.
d. S, on account of the poets intrigue with
the Emperor's daughter Julia and Apolo's
reception Of him. Ovd's Isle is few
miles from Kustendani
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Butchcred His Wife and Son.

CANTON, o., June 2t-Conrad Doll, a
coal-mincr aged about forty-fivc, brutally
murdered his wife, of about the same age,
and his step-son, aged fourteen, this after
noon with hatchet, at North Sandusky, a
small village six miles south of here. Doll
and his wife were married about six
months ago, and have not lived happily to-
gether for some time past. They frequent
ly quarrclcd, and were living apart in sep
arate houses,
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Ronc.WnIkpp Killed.

NIAGARA FALLS, ONT, June 26.-St. Peer,
a local celebrity who outdid Blondin in
daring fcats around Niagara and recently
crossed on u fvc-eghth inch cable, i.
dead Ever since he did the daring act he
has been drinking very hard. Last even
ing his manglcd body was found near the
bottom of the incline. The general belle!
is that he attempted to walk ont on the
cable, and lost his footing and fell to ths
nhNss hnlnW
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Countcrrcitcrs Captured.

ADRIAN, MIcH., June 26.-Counterfe't
dollars have lately gained extensive circu-
lation here, aud efforts Of the police re-
suited in the arrest Of four men, Thee.
Packard, Henry Winters, Charles Jordan
and Henry Jordan. The latter are BROTH
ers, and on their premises in Jasper, a
village five miles south of Adrian, were
found bogus money and full counterfeit
plant. Other arrests are expected.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1887-07-02

MARQUETTE, Mich, June 2s,-Four Eng
lishmen, named VIM Kellow, VIM. Pen
gilly, Jas. Nandersls and Paul Haetaing,
were instantly killed in the Vulcan Nine,
at Norway, Mich, this morning. They
were coming out of the mine in the cage.
Some men above allowed the tram car to
get away, and as it went laundering down
the shaft it struck the cage. Kcllow was
single man. aged eighteen, The others
leave widows, with large families.
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Indians Surrender.

WAsHINGToN, June 27.-Adjutant-G Gen
cral Drum, today, received the following
telegram from General O. O. Howard,
dated Fort Mason, Cal, June 20: General
Miles sends the following from San Car
los, l. T.; "LieutenantJ Johnson surprise
and capture, and the rapid pursuit of the
troops have driven the band of hostiles
back to the reservation, where they have
surrendered, and l have instituted an in.
vostigation and detailed general court.
martial for the trial of three guilty OF
military offenscs, thus ending the present
disturbances"